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• You is My Woman for Always, Audra.

  From here: History was made on Sunday night at the 66th Annual Tony Awards when Audra McDonald became the first black actress to ever win five Tony Awards. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 CULTURE

• Dulaang UP's Noli Me Tangere: The Opera Returns, July 18-Aug. 11

  

  Dulaang UP opens its 37th season with the restaging of “Noli Me Tangere: The Opera”, the critically-acclaimed operatic retelling by National Artist Felipe... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 CULTURE

• Davao City Hosts First Sineng Pambansa National Film Festival, June 29-July 3

  

  The Film Development Council of the Philippines will stage the first Sineng Pambansa National Film Festival in Davao City from June 29 to July 3, 2012, featurin... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 CULTURE

• An Appeal for Help.

  TONY ESPEJO, artistic director of Gantimpala Theater Foundation, suffered a heart attack last Saturday and is now confined at the Manila Doctors Hospital in... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 CULTURE

• Silly People's Improv Theater Mounts Manila Improv Fest '12, June 28-July 1

  

  The Silly People’s Improv Theater (SPIT), the county’s premiere improvisational theater troupe, will celebrate its 10th anniversary by mounting the MANILA IMPRO... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 CULTURE

• Ballet Philippines Celebrates Rizal’s 150th Birth Anniversary with...

  

  To mark the end of the year-long celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of national hero Jose Rizal, Ballet Philippines will be performing its original... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 CULTURE

• Songwriting 101, by Maestro Ryan Cayabyab

  Paano nga ba gumawa ng kanta? Now that a new songwriting competition is up (the first-ever PhilPOP), hopefully to enrich Original Pilipino Music the way the lat... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 CULTURE

• First-ever Philippine Popular Music Festival Announces 14 Finalists

  

  A record-breaking 3,000 song entries, not just from the Philippines but Filipinos based in other parts of the world including the United Kingdom, France,... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 CULTURE

• Unyon Ng Mga Manunulat Sa Pilipinas to Hold Confab on Colonial Literature

  As part of its annual convention, the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (Umpil) will hold the Colonial Literature Revaluation Conference for Teachers Aug. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 CULTURE

• A Luhrmannized The Great Gatsby--let the Carping Begin

  From here: Praised as “gonzo,” “dazzling,” and visually “spectacular” by preview reviewers, it’s also set off a swift rebuttal in comments sections and on... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 CULTURE

• Rep Fringe 2012 Presents Malice, June 1 at OnStage, Greenbelt 1

  

  “Malice”, an adaptation of Arthur Miller's “The Crucible” and set in present-day Philippines, will be presented by Repertory Philippines' Rep Fringe 2012 class... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 CULTURE

• Gantimpala Theater Holds 35th Season Auditions on June 11

  

  Gantimpala Theater, one of the country's leading dramatic arts companies, announces one-day-only-auditions on June 11, Monday, 2-6 p.m., at the Rehearsal Hall,... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 CULTURE

• International Ballet Superstars in Manila June 8-9

  

  Ten acclaimed principal dancers from some of the most respected international dance companies converge for the first time on the Philippine stage in a... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2012 CULTURE

• Love to Have Loved You, Donna Summer

  My goodbye on Twitter: rest in peace, Donna Summer. you worked hard for the money--and much more. i hope your last dance was blissful. what you did was hot... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2012 CULTURE

• Philippine Opera Company's Ang Bagong Harana Returns June 6-10

  

  The Philippine Opera Company’s “Ang Bagong Harana” returns on June 6-10 at the RCBC Theater in time for the Philippine Independence Day Celebration. Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2012 CULTURE

• Return Engagements and New Works in Dulaang UP's 37th Season

  

  For its 37th season, Dulaang UP features return engagements of successful productions from the previous season, a classic play by a master dramatist and an... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2012 CULTURE

• Virgin Labfest 8--final Entries and Play Directors

  SET A: • Pagsubli, Aizel Cabilan Direction: Melvin Lee • Symposium, U Eliserio and Maynard Manansala Direction: JK Anicoche • Digital Divide, Ricard... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2012 CULTURE

• Asian Film Festival at Shangri-La Plaza, May 17-21

  

  Shangri-La Plaza, together with Asia Society Philippine Foundation Inc. and Film Development Council of the Philippines, unveils the rich cultures of Asia and... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Sampling of Forbidden Broadway

  Four quintessential Forbidden Broadway parodies. The Julie Andrews send-up is just priceless. 1. Topol: If I Were a Rich Man, from Fiddler On the Roof (If I Sin... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• The Heat is on in Travel Time, The Magazine's Latest Issue

  

  Travel Time producer and host Susan Calo Medina continues to take travelers around the Philippines with the sixth issue of Susan Calo Medina’s Travel Time, The... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2012 MEDIA, TRAVEL